Jerry, I now remember that the nut is a square nut, so it must be the
slotted portion of the mechanism came off the stud on the lever arm. I
though I had a cotter pin on that, but now with the hood stuck, I can't
see what really is the problem.
Any additional suggestions Group.
Thanks
Larry
Jerry & Maureen (Mo) wrote:
> Larry,
>
> I feel for you, perhaps if you can get someone to help you "see" the coat
> hanger from the engine compartment and somehow guide you now that the front
> is unbolted, that might help. I've not had the pleasure of doing this my
> self. I will say that; make sure that the nut at the end of the rod is a
> SQUARE nut so that it cannot turn in the bracket, I can't imagine how the
> nut came unscrewed in the first place unless it was a normal hex nut.
>
> Best of luck
>
> Jerry Christopherson
> 9473187
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Larry Paulick
> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 4:18 PM
> To: Tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Stuck Hood Release
>
> Hi Group. I have a MKI and the nut on the bent rod on the hood release
> that attaches to the lever to release the hood latch must have come
> loose. Therefore I can not open the hood.
>
> I went to the Tigers United site, and tried the coat hanger through the
> firewall/heater plenum area, and could not hook the lever to release the
> latch.
>
> I took the 8 bolts out of the front hinges for the hood, and do not have
> room to get to the latch to release the latch as well.
>
> So, any solutions or tricks would be most welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> Larry
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